Strangely mixing horror and comedy, the classic
"Betterman" series is a twisted tale that shows the range of anime's emotions.
While standing on the beach, Keita Aono encounters a girl trying to talk to him,
but he's unable to hear what she's saying. What he does hear, however, is the alarm clock telling him to wake up and get ready
for school.
When he gets there, Keita discovers that his class has a new student, one who looks
vaguely familiar. He soon realizes that the new student is the girl from his dream. And she just so happens to be Hinoki,
a long lost friend from his childhood.
Keita hopes to talk to her after school, but his plans to reminisce are put on
hold until the next day as she quickly disappears into a van and speeds off. Compounding his misery, torrential rain forces
him to take cover while on his way home, and he ends up at the entrance to a new amusement park.
It seems like it could be a pleasant diversion when it opens the next day, save
for the fact that hundreds of employees have turned up dead. After being greeted by a strange girl warning him to leave, Keita
ventures deeper into the park, which can only mean more trouble.
Luckily, he comes across Hinoki at the controls of a giant robot, one immobilized
because her co-pilot has run off and disappeared. Jumping aboard, Keita discovers that he possesses the ability to control
the robot -- apparently a rare gift.
When they finally meet their match, a mysterious figure called Betterman arrives
to save the day. Who is he? They aren't sure, but he, as well as Keita, will be needed by Akamatsu Industries to fight the
evil Algernon, a seemingly unstoppable enemy that threatens the whole of mankind.
